DEAR SUN SPOTS: I’m trying to restore a 1950 Philco radio/phonograph. I got the radio going great, but need help with the phonograph and would appreciate any help, advice or references to complete this retirement project. Sun Spots has been so helpful to so many for so many years that I hope you and other […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: On Monday, July 6, my son and I were on our way to Portland where he had eye surgery. He put my iPad on top of the car, but I did not know that and drove away.  The iPad is nowhere to be found, not surprising. It is an older model and […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Androscoggin Home Healthcare + Hospice is currently accepting orders for the annual Butterfly Release Ceremony. Please join us for a uniquely beautiful way to remember and honor loved ones. While we won’t be able to gather together as we have in the past, we are continuing this moving tradition in a different […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: My Hammond organ needs help and probably a new speaker. The repair and parts people are in Chicago. I’m hoping someone a bit closer can rescue me and bring back the music. Thanks for being our helpful hero! — Anne, Auburn ANSWER: In the Rolodex I have Nick Orso Organ Service in […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I need your help and think your column reaches more people than my little Facebook group so I’m reaching out to you as well. Friday night, July 3, I went to Walmart with all my SD memory cards to print some photos. I had six or seven cards in a small black […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I want to let you know that the second time you ran my letter in your column regarding the chain saw I found on my property, it brought results. The owner called and identified the chain saw then picked it up later in the afternoon. I’m so thankful that we have an […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: With COVID-19 still going strong, I have face masks and face shields available. The schools are going to start so I want parents to get their students ready. I also have a bag full of bobbins of thread for crafts and a bag full of empty pill bottles. One lady used to […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I noticed in the June 29 Sun Spots column that someone was asking about where to get COVID-19 testing done. You referenced the Maine Urgent Care on Sabattus Street. You should also know that testing is being done at a couple of St. Mary’s Health healthcare locations. There is a clinic on […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I am hoping to find a contractor to wallpaper a bedroom and a mason who works with thin veneer for an outside wall in the Oxford area. Are there any prospects out there that will provide estimates? Please call 402-4111. — Scott, no town ANSWER: Readers, I am sending out an SOS […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Thank you for being such a big supporter of public libraries. A book sale like no other is going on at the Turner Public Library. In March, as implications of COVID-19 became clear, we realized we wouldn’t be able to hold our Annual Book Sale in the usual fashion. We couldn’t consider […]